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In article <1992Aug17.031029.24849@tamsun.tamu.edu> steve@math.tamu.edu (Steve  
Johnson) writes:
> kdb@sunbar.mc.duke.edu (Kurt Bollacker) writes:
> > I'm about to buy a color NeXTStation but cannot decide between the 2 color
> > monitors that NeXT offers...
> 
> I've been placed in front of both the 17" and 21". After about 10-15 minutes,
> I found it very difficult to continue.  The colors seem washed out, and
> the curvature of both screens was quite noticeable. IMHO, NeXT is doesn't
> seem to take color seriously; if they did, there would be a trinitron
> offering.  On the other hand, I think the NeXT mono (gray) is very nice,
> although it could use an anti-glare coating.
> 
> My advice:
> a.) Buy the color station, but get the monitor elsewhere.
> OR
> b.) Don't buy a NeXT, and learn to live with X :-|
>     I'm satisfied w/ nearly every other competitor, when it comes to color.
> 
> Standard disclaimers apply.
> - Steve Johnson, Systems Manager, Dept of Mathematics, Texas A&M University
>   Steve.Johnson@math.tamu.edu

I work on the 17" color monitor every day.  It works for me with NeXTSTEP and  
X-windows in color!  It looks even better under NeXTSTEP 3.0.  Sure there is a  
difference between the 17" and 21" monitors and they are not Sony but they are  
not unuseable.  The monitor issue is an old topic here.  The consensus is that  
the 21" is better than the 17" and NeXT needs to pay better attention to the  
issue of color monitors.  There is no need to advise someone to purchase a  
non-NeXT system because the monitors do not live up to your expectations of  
perfection.  The NeXT color system is liveable but not flawless.  The choices  
are to buy a 17", 21", or a third party monitor.

I've seen the 17" and the 21" monitor.  I like and recommend the 21" monitor if  
people have the extra $1000 or more to spend other wise the 17" monitor will  
get the job done.  Third party monitors would work if you can find a vendor who  
supports the NeXT.

Tim Pugh
Oregon State University